The 1902 Nevada gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1902. The Silver Party nominee "Honest" John Sparks defeated Republican nominee Abner Coburn Cleveland, with 6,540 votes to his opponents 4,778. He succeeded fellow Silver Party Governor Reinhold Sadler in office.
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General election
editUnlike in 1898, when Silver Party Governor Reinhold Sadler faced off against Republican, Democratic, and Populist candidates, the state Democratic Party, the Populists, and the state Silver Party had essentially merged into one electoral vehicle (reflected in William Jennings Bryan's landslide victory in the state two years prior in the 1896 Presidential election, only four years after a Populist landslide). Cattleman John Sparks won and become the third of four Silver Party governor in a row.
Republican nominee A. C. Cleveland would die the following year, in 1903, and Sparks himself would die a year before his second term ended, in 1908.
Candidates
edit- John Sparks (Silver-Democratic), Rancher, businessman.
- Abner Coburn Cleveland (Republican), Cattleman, former member of the state Assembly and Senate, nominee for Governor of Nevada in 1894.[1][2]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | John Sparks | 6,540 | 57.78% | +22.11% | |
| Republican | Abner Coburn Cleveland | 4,778 | 42.22% | +6.76% | |
| Majority | 1,762 | 15.56% | |||
| Total votes | 11,318 | 100.00% | |||
| Silver hold | Swing | +15.35% | |||
Results by county
edit| County | John Sparks Silver & Democratic |
Abner C. Cleveland Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast[3][4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Churchill | 138 | 62.73% | 82 | 37.27% | 56 | 25.45% | 220 |
| Douglas | 197 | 44.77% | 243 | 55.23% | -46 | -10.45% | 440 |
| Elko | 765 | 54.76% | 632 | 45.24% | 133 | 9.52% | 1,397 |
| Esmeralda | 250 | 53.08% | 221 | 46.92% | 29 | 6.16% | 471 |
| Eureka | 283 | 61.79% | 175 | 38.21% | 108 | 23.58% | 458 |
| Humboldt | 662 | 61.18% | 420 | 38.82% | 242 | 22.37% | 1,082 |
| Lander | 280 | 66.35% | 142 | 33.65% | 138 | 32.70% | 422 |
| Lincoln | 321 | 49.84% | 323 | 50.16% | -2 | -0.31% | 644 |
| Lyon | 335 | 56.88% | 254 | 43.12% | 81 | 13.75% | 589 |
| Nye | 603 | 67.68% | 288 | 32.32% | 315 | 35.35% | 891 |
| Ormsby | 385 | 51.06% | 369 | 48.94% | 16 | 2.12% | 754 |
| Storey | 567 | 56.76% | 432 | 43.24% | 135 | 13.51% | 999 |
| Washoe | 1,536 | 64.70% | 838 | 35.30% | 698 | 29.40% | 2,374 |
| White Pine | 218 | 37.78% | 359 | 62.22% | -141 | -24.44% | 577 |
| Totals | 6,540 | 57.78% | 4,778 | 42.22% | 1,762 | 15.57% | 11,318 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Silver
editCounties that flipped from Silver to Republican
editNotes
edit- ^ Lincoln County was carried by the Democratic candidate in 1898; the Silver and Democratic parties were not fused in 1898
References
edit- ^ "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Cleveland".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - A.C. Cleveland".
- ^ a b Nevada State Archives, Election Returns of General Election held on the Fourth day of November A.D. 1902 in the State of Nevada, as certified to by the County Clerks to the Secretary of State at Carson City, Nevada
- ^ a b Nevada Secretary of State. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State 1901-1902. Carson City, Nevada. p. 84.